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The Art Royal Commerci al ftf <?y, February IS, 187-1. J. 6. THOMPSON, Editor. SUBSCRIPTION. Tear, tS 00 Sis SMtkt. SI 00 APVERTIsrxr, RATES. Advertisements wffl be Inecrtcd ?t the rate of II .50. per square (10 Nonrpwtvll lines or foe) fur the first Insertion. suhsciuerrt Insertion* by contract. Fancy Job Printing. Every kind of Fasct Job Pm.vtinq executed In the beat meaner, promptly xrxl at low prices. .Stationery. - - ? a a onvalnno* Inlr. rw?n*_ A IUI1 iwwnnii'u; vi p-pvi, vh-v.v^., , , ink birnitorv, etc., always ou band at Charleston prices. Address. Communications may be addressed to Twk Port Royal Commercial, Peaufort, S. C. A. QCIBBLLVW EDITOR. The "organ'' of last week admits that it was established to crush out, if possible, an independent paper and substitute for it a supple tool of ''the parties who were to come into power.1' Here are the editor's own, words, in allusion to our course in supporting the Tomlinson ticket in exposition to the regular ticket: " He wilfully and purposely kept his u coarse, on a sldq that all admitted to " be the embodiment of.weekoegs, and M we can only say that be stock to his "friends, when a tingle word from him " might have turned the tide of events, " and no paper would have risen, Ban" quo-like, to frighten him." f*r hfi tells the truth. The rest of hi* article contains as much falsehood as bad grammar, which is saying t good deal. Heshows in his article that he knows all abont ^te lour hundred dollar transaction. As to whether there was any division of the spoil we are not informed. He may be entitled to a share himself for aoght we know. If it did not all go where we sopposed, he evidently can tell us all about ill He either knows nothing of the finances of the concern over which he nominally presides, or he descends to a very miserable quibble when he asserts that "not a mill has been received by it for work done for the state. Why, the truth is, that it will take one mill on overy dollar of the taxable value of real and personal property in the county of Beaufort to support this "organ" for the first year of its existence. The treasurer of Beaufort county, one oPthe owners of the &unilard, has received an order from the state trcas*" v ' 11? A~ Kolnn nrer to case irom ine wirs uun * collected, the Bum of twenty five hundred dollars in payment of the contract of the Standard for publishing the laws. The same amount of advertising if done for a private individual, calculated at the fullest rates, would not exceed four hundred dollars. Senator Smalls, another owner, and the real "boss" of the concern, has also a passed clayn against the state treasury for twenty-nine hundred DOLLARS, for publishing the proclamations, etc. The work for which this enormous sum is charged by the owners of the Standurd would be done for any private person for two hundied dollars. It was put through the senate because Smalls was known to be personally interested in it, and it passed the house only by a legislative trick of its friends^ for so gross was the fraud, so evident was the steal, that even the hardened members of that not over scrupulous body were astouuded at its audacity. Mr. Bowley, owner of the Georgetown Planet said at the time that if the paper could get five hundred Hollars for the same work he would thin* il a big price. * The money received from the dciitoqueot list will swell the amount which the taxpapers of Beaufort county contribute to sustain a newspaper which will support Senator Smalls and the state administration to ovei six thousand dolihars for one year. So we fitll short when we say that one mill on the dollar of all the taxable property of this county goes into this little ling of four links, called the Southern Standard. Let every taxpayer remember, therefore, when he pays in twelve dollars . for state taxes to the couuty treasurer, that one dollar of it is for the susten. anceof this "orgau" and another dollar is for the Republican Printing ring in Columbia, of which the Standurd is a young but growing offshoot. Yes George, we could have had all this and more. We ccirid not pay the price, but you eagerly snapped at the bargain.. It was only to prostitute tongue and pen and brain to an ignoble service ! To be the eager adulator of the base and despicable ! You have performed the service and you have your pay. We do you the justice to say that you have uot worn your collar gracefully. We can see it gall you though thickly wrapped with printing certificates. Do not, therefore, sinkstill lower by pretending that you like jour chain. Kicking the Dead &iOB? They are all brave fellows new. ' The poor.RcDuincan Ptintiug company lies dead, mid any body can kick it. Tho Union-H6rald gives it a knock; the ofclnew Union flings a stone; the Georgetown Planet has a whack; and we are told that Senator Smalls is willing now to have his Standard advanced, aud rally horse, foot and dragoons to an attack on the poor defuncfc Then, indeed will the fable be completed, the dead dion insulted by an ass. Contingent Funds. The attorney-general accounts Ibr hii contingent fund in his report and report the vouchers on file in his office. Thi superintendent of education also account for his contingent fund, and even, we be lieve, left a balance undrawn in the trcas ury. Now let us have a report from th< other state officers. Unless souic of then arc belied they have used these fund just as they would a private bafik ac couut The Daily Union. This paper is a great acquisition to ou sanctum. Its reports of legislative pro ceedings are fuller^ian ever given be fore, and it has lately seized upon tb main topic or speech for verbatim re ports, which are very interesting. W may notsee any profit in publishing tw daily republican papers in Columbia, bu it is good for the public. The Union i decidedly ahead, so far, as a newspapei OUR COLUMBIA LETTER. Columbia, Feb. 10. The last few days have been prolific c excitements in state politics. Old Blu Ridge was once more up for settlemenl and showed the usual amount of vitalit Bassessed by two millions of dollars u.'ing the debate Senator Whittemoi gave expression to the opinions real) entertained bv the republican manages in regard to the farcical debt settlement. He said that the present state of th public debt was " a delusion," and th: 41 if the "party '* tell the people that th 44 debt is reduced to $6,000,(XX), 44 the " will tell them a " lie." He said furthei 411 make, right 44 here, a single predi< 44 tiou, that the settlement of your del 44 wilj not be worth the paper upo 44 which it is written. You may repud " ate, but the real debt will still be th " 815,000,000, as reported. You will b 44 held to thai." The fact is, the conservatives of th I le?islature have been completely foole by the oily Moses. They aided in givin to his^ excellency the only weapon he wi have in his coming coranaign. Whil they, in their siainlicity, think the cor version bonds anu Blue Ridge Scrip t be dead, the republicans are saying t themselves that this debt settlement is GO D ENOUGH MORGAN until after the election. They know ths a resurrection day will surely come. There has been a fight dver the salar grabs of the two houses. The Senat asks for $(>5,000 for salaries of the Sent tors, the pay of employes and incident: expense?. There are thirty-two senator and their pay is $600 each, which woul amount to about SlP.200. The employe incidental expenses ought not to absoi more than 810,000 more. Mr. Macke of Charleston, asserts that the arrange inent was to give each member a pn fertificate for $600 an 1 a similar certiti cate for $400, making $1,000 each, in stead of the $600, which is the lawft salary. The House insists that the Senat takes more than its share, and has passe a bill of its own. A $25,000 DISPUTE. Treasurer Cardozo discovered anion Hardy Solomons' papers presented fo payment, under the bill passed li r hi relief, a bill payable for $25,000, whic was not numbered or signed, and fi which no vouchers could be found in th treasury. He says there was nothing t show that " the State ever received an 44 consideration from its issue, either i 44 the delivery of legislative certificate.* '4 or in the reception of money." Trea* " urer Cardozo declined to pay it, an reported the facts to the Geuerul Asscu bly. These bills payable were ordered to b registered before a committee last year That committee of the Legislature rc ported that they bad registered $ip0,50 of bill payable, which was $68,231 mor than the amount recorded iu the trcu: ury office. A careful record had bee made of every bill payable that wa is.-u.Hl, and Treasurer Curdozo detei mined that, when lie should he author ixcd to pay the hills, ho would be gov ernud by ti e icoords of l.i- office. Mi Solomons, in his reply states that Mr Parker, came forward and, in th presence of the State treasurer am others, stated that Solomons had delivered to him vouchers lor each of th claims, and that he had left thciu in th State treasury. In the house, the general apnropriatioi hill was reported. It provides in th aggregate for $1,U10.0(>0 in round nuui Ixrs. For salaries and contingent fund $JI8,0oo is appropriated; and $56, 47:1.05 for the Republican Printin/ Company, which when paid will briuj uj> the amount received by them thi; year to over $320,<KKj for work whiel eo-t theiu not a dollar over t?lOO,o<HJ. For the payment of the interest upoi the public debt the proceeds of the one mill tax levied for that purpose is se aside, with a provision that'the surplus if any, shall be applied to the extinguish meut of the principal of the debt. In the Senate ihe report of the com mitteeon retrenchment relative to clerkand other attaches was, on motion <> rfwails, iudetinitely postponed. Souk s i cams were indulged in as to tin number reported. Nash said that sever a 1 of these were unknown entirely ami were nut in the State. It is the sauu old steal. TIIE COMPTROLLER TAKES A llANI). Oil Fiiday last Hardy Solomon's, president of the South Carolina iSank am frusl company informed the state treasurer that he had received instructions t<. open au account with each fund lot which a special tax had been levied an I to pay no check unless drawn upon a specilic fuud tor which an appropriation had been made. Solomon's l>ank is the only authorized depo itary of the public funds. The law requires the state treasurer to deposit the publie fun Is in the t>;ink appointed within three days after the receipts of any moneys, excluding Sundays. By an act approved December 22,1S73, to nii-OfcUppiicB tor the fiscal year cominencinc November 1, ItSTd, a specific levy is made for each specific purpose, section 9 of which runs as follops : That the proceeds from the taxes levied in the first scvcu sections of this act dial I be kept by the state treasurer separate and "apart from .each other, and * from other public funds, and shall be appied to the nurposes for which they are respectively levied and none other.'' Section 10 winds up with this clause : "Any state or county officer who shall offend against the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction., thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $1,000 or more than $5,000 and by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period of not lca< than one year, or more than five years." As the general appropriation bill haf 1 not been passed the Only funds which Mr. Cardoro can pay out legally are those for which appropriations have been uiadt and for deficiencies. It is said that he ha; already disobeyed section 10 quoted above * About four hundred thousand dollar 3 have been received at the state treasury, ? and it has evidently been paid out with 3 out taking the trouble to apportion it. 'I MORE DIRECT TAX LEGISLATION 3 A bill has been Introduced into the bouse of rcpn l seutatlves by Mr. Hnnton, of Virginia, "For the r lief of owners and purchasers of lands sold for dire s taxes tn Insurrectionary states." Section I, provides that the secretary of the treai urey Is authorised and directed to pay to whomsoevi shall he satisfactorily shown to him to be the owm or owners, heirs or aligns, or legal representativi of any lauds sold for direct tax under the provLioi r of an act approved June 7, lftGl, and acts auiendatoi thereto, without Interest, tjtk amoujtt of prockki of xai.e of said lands, leas all taxes, costs ard leg * charges by reason of the sale, provided that the owi q er shall, before payment, make a quit claim conve; w ance of said property and release mesne rents ar and profits to the purchaser. c Section II, |iros-idcs where disputes arises as to tl 0 real owner of the property that a court of equil t shall ascertain tho fact, and a receiver shall t appointed to distribute the proceeds of the tax sa according to tho principles of equity, and the cou "* shall apjtolnt a commissioner to make the quit clai couveyance. Section HI, provides that in case the owners a inca]?citated by reason of infhncy, insanity or oth legal disability from complying with the first ti sections, so as to give said purchasers conveyance their interest in said land, or in case such formi 6 owners shall refuse to avail themselves of the prit t) leges conferred by the first two sections, and su< y fact.shall be shown to the satisfaction of the sccrcta S. of the treasury, and in case the tax corami&sione e 'n executing the provLsious of said act, made it the y invariable rule aud practice not to receive the tax -g after forfeiture imposed aud before the sale, unk tendered by the owner in person, the socretary shi pay to runciiASRita the proceeds of sale wii interest at the rate of six per cunt from da e of payment into the treasury; but before such pa it ment such purchaser shall make a quit claim co i? veyance of said property to the original owne: y which conveyance shall take effect aud give the fc r: mer owner an immediate right of possession to sa 5- property upon the receipt of the said uoiiey paid I >t said purchaser. U As we have only an abstract of the bill before i J- we cannot speak with certainty of it. So far as t e can see we are strongly in favor of it as a step towa iC the settlement of these titles. The first and secoi sections are elcarcnongh and to those we assent. Th q give to the old owner all that tire property ,'broug J at the tax sale Jess the taxes and costs, if be ch ** to accept it. In some cases he woidd get more thi | j he could sell the property for to-day. In most ca? | however, especially the plautation property tl would not he the case. At any rate he has the c 1 tion of taking the money or remaining as he la ? The third section, apparently gives the new owni 0 the purchaser at the tax sale, or his assigns, a sin ** lar option of receiving back the money which w {>aid to the government for the property, and so i turning the property to the old owner, or to rema a* lie Is. If this is the meaning of the section wc a y in favor of it also. Under It, in quito a number _ cases, the nresent possessor would eet more money e " surrendering the property to the old.owncr, than cimld sell it for. This would be especially true houses and lots in town. 5 This hill is good as far as It goes, hut what we wa is a hill comprehensive enough to settle all the till ? bv a compensation which will he ju*t to tlie old ow ? ers. The pure! users nt tin' tax sale have a right y demauu this from the government. Let congress < '* dor the ajcretary of the treasury to ascertain tl y present value of all lauds and houses sold for dir. I* taxes and then appropriate enough mon ey to iudei I* nlfv the owners for the lass of their property It il taxes and costs. This would take comparatively small sum Iroin the treasury in addition to the fui e already there which lias accrued from the sale* d this property. The legal cost in defending the tit! in the courts, which now devolves u|K>n the gover mcnt will eventually cost as much. Two other sections have been drawn up and f< S wauled to our senators and representative s to be a ' d sl as amendments to Mr. Huuton's bill. The fii 's reduces the interest on tho deferred payments of t? Il diers, sailors and marines from ten per cent, to se '1' en per cent.; and also provides that all reuts recelv C by the government since the deferred payment cat 0 due siiall be deducted from the said interest. Tliis y in accordance with the agreement of the tax eoi 11 missioners as expressed iu their certificates. Theotlicr section proposed, provides for the rejia t- mcnt of tho one-quarter part jaymcnt made und (1 the army, navy and marine sales, which wusfirfe I- ed in so many cases by an inability to make tl fiual payment, g Au amendment to the act of June 8,1S72, ought be made, extending the time in which applicatii for redemption can be received. The owners are , scattered, so |?oor and so ho|ic)ess that they liave e many cases failed to apply. The time should be e tendeI on" year from next June. The same net ought still further to be amende 11 The ' school farms," which arc the most valuat * tracts in the hi#ids of the government, cannot he i deemed under the law of June 8,1872. That law c eept.i from its operations such lands as have been i apart for army, navy, lighthouse or other public pu ' poses. The commissioner lias decided that as tl 1 school farms were set apart for educational pur|K>* e ami as the proceeds from their rents have been a 1 .1 tl.nl I1.../I lr.,.1. t..ill.in u* t.n I * JJM-J.liai Ml, .... SS....V - ...... meant l?y "public purposes." e OER BONDED DEBT. i 0 Views of Ex-Treasurer Parker. (From the Nashville Union.) 's Our readers doubtlesi remember a communieatio from Mr. Newell, of this city, to the Treasurer of tl - State of South Carolina, with reference to the repi dinted bond, of that Slate. Mr. Newell has receive s tiie following eommunieatioii on that subject. 1 CoLVMniA, S. l\, Jan. 23, 1874. \V. li. Newel Nashville, Teun.: 1 am in receipt of j our's of tl; I I'.ith Inst, asking uie toex|>l.du "why the New Yor - Stock Kxchnngc continues to quote the repudiate t bonds of this Mate." 1 have no incaus of kuowiu what views lliat bodV eulertaiiis ii|>oii the sulijee ? hut I venture the opinion that they regard the a. lion of the U-gislanuv as of little or no imporiann I presume you are fiAiiliar with the act of rcpudu turn :socah d) to w hich you refer, via.: "All net t reduce the volume of the public debt and to provid ; lor tie payiiK iil of the same," but |s>sstbly you ar , not, and that you, in common with most |ieople, ar ' misinformed upon the subject, so 1 will, as briefly a j possible, state the case a. it stands. , Section 1 of the act tmiltoriaes the State Treasure to receive a 1 the outstanding bonds and stocks air past-due coupons, eiiuuieiatiug the several classes [ and specifying the amounts, and to issue in lie ther? of other bonds and stocks at the rate of lift ' e 'ti.s on the dollar. All tl e o t lauding >t c t> >u< bonds of the State are included in this section exe;p a jsirii >ti of flic issue ol March 23, l'O, I the suppose npudiatsl bonds,) and no meiiiiou whatever i in.id e of tlieiu S-.tliou 2. Which provides fir the payment of in I Icre.t I'll' li s Ilii-s. ttorv.s: Provided. further tll.i 110 tax shall oer !? levied In jay l hi' int.-r.-~l )>rIlit i|>;ii oil u'.y of Hi. class ol l*onfl> mention.-d ii l I In- lirst Mi I oil, so I II- as Mirli lunula mini iii out s muling iii t ii'ir|ir s.ut form.' Mark lie language; as I said before, Ihrrc ia n< mention ol I lie laiinja issued under the in I of Man I 1 go, (Which arc .lie ones s.fp|Hi.?jd In bo fcpudiahd, x . Ill ia which tin v in c id. d to conic within tin ' operation ol lliia lululiug ;iO<i s.uitngnet. 1 w II iju t the language of tli act that via may sc.-1 re. i-cly Imw the case stands. Alter cnuu. i rating every o.nerel;;s<af bond-and stinka of th Mate, and providing for^fw lr funding, itudda: "T-ln h 1'itla and slocks issue IV ndcr net of alaieli 'j;l, IS tl rod.vfiiil le in !. ?*, lor the purpose of excli. nge o any ol the stocks or n>*ds aline euiini-.aieu, ;a i facta being ascertainable from th- Treasurer's regis try of taiiida, aiiiniiuting to one niilj.oii li.e luiiid. tii and swelity-aeven lltutiMili i five hundred dolla, and shall, uicrciipon, in exchange for, and .n lieu ol said Iannis and stocks, so surrendered, issued to sa'd holders other bonds oreertitieaics of atoek, aa tliej may desire, e<|usl in amount to fifty per centum ol the face value of the bonds or certificates of stocks sc surrendered." You will observe that there was no ael ol repudiation here, uone whatever. It was, at most, only a studied neglect on the |>art of the k<cKi.-l dure to provide ia nnoiuer for th uu and such, I liave every . a-"r? t > believe, was the intent ol the frantent oi'fciio law. No oue. uuac .uaioted with the fact that there were I ?.; t. o. the Stat unprovided for in this act, would know by reading the act that there were aujr others in existence. The "uutbrtuaoto holders" ol these securities, in my opinion, may rest assured that they bold as T good and valid security as any which the State has ever issued. A recent decision of the Supreme Court yea of the Ulifted States, a copy of which I herewith mM transmit, con firms and strengthens me in the belief which I have always entertained, that these bunds, 0 which are now generally believed to have been re- ma pudlat&l, are a perfectly legal and valid security,. fro, and that the courts will so decide if they can have an . opportunity to do ao. 1 trust every holder of them throughout the oouu- kit > try will settle duwu on this belief, aud wait for justice from, those to whom may hereafter be commit- Mi I led the destinies of this State. Al| I am truly your obedient servant, .. Nilim U. Famkkr. 010 1 Late State Treasurer of South Carolina. in 1 The following is the decision referred to in the tnj 1 foregoing: th< > The Supreme Court of Ike United States has given ?? * a decision iu favor of George O. Marcy, of Boston. _ 3 confirming the validity of &0.000 Illinois registered 11 town bonds issued in aid of the Illinois Grand all Trunk railroad. The town attempted to avoid pays ing interest on the bonds, alleging that they were , illegally issued. The basis of the court's decision . was, that ua irregularity iireeedent to the issue, not even fraud on the part of the agents of the town, cau vitiate Use bonds in the bauds ol an innocent m holder. The court applies the same rules to these fa bonds as are applied to eoinmercial paper. ni I* ^m? vt Letter From Branson. p . _ K b* Bkussox, 8. C. February 5th. 1874. ^ ci Editor Tort Royal Commercial: *j Mr. Editor: id ' Io our growing little town of Brunson, on the P. ? !r R. R. R., the citiaens appear to be not only deter- ^ !r mined to build up the town and make it a "place" ft but are manifestly disposed todoallin their power & 1 for the protection of the lire* and property of ita cif ircns. For this purpose most of the prominent gen w tleraen oftbe town, at a regularly organized meeting * a' held at the male academy, not long since, formed ? n" themselves into a Hook and Ladder Company, now p Y~ known as the Vidette Hook and Ladder Company No. 1, of Brunson, 8. C. The Company consists at present of twenty-eight n 10 members, the officers are as follows; 'r Mr. George B. Nack, President; Mr. W. A. Searcey , ,c 1st. Foremau; Mr. S. B. Farmer, 2nd. Foreman; Mr tl le A. D. Williams, Secretary; Jefferson Warren, Esq. ? rt Treasurer. We consider this company quite an acm quistlqn to our town. When we look back and think bow strangely nil ? re this would have seemed only a very few years ago in 0 er this identical locality, we can but wonder at the ? ro changes that are brought about by these "Mighty ~ ?f change-workers" Time and RaOroad*?not that this 'i was a remote place or one of ibo "dark corners" ber'" fire the passage of the railroad through here, for we claim that this section of country then, as now, iu >7 point of intelligence, beauty and pleasantness, comir* pared with any locality in the State. I,r But things were so different: no screaming engine cs awoke the slumbering echoes of these old hills and forests, bringing transportation to our very doors; l'l No saw mills converting theso very forests into th marketable lumber; where we had quiet and even tc solitude then, we now have life, activity and bnsly ness. We have all these in Brunson; we have busin ueas, beauty, life and hustle; and we have Brunson rs> and a prominent feature of Branson is the Vidette J 'i- Hook aud Ladder Company, No. 1. Long may it id wave, a bright ornament and a great blessing to our by town. Yours ever and anon, is W. ire ??^ ^ A Sew Liquor Law. ey A bill is before (be legislature wbicli t I'jJ has very stringent provisions. In many an respects it is like the Ohio law. IM In cities and towns for spirituous ita liquors, the license shall not be less than ,j>. $100, aud for fermented liquors not be less than $25. In the former case the or, bond is $1,000, and in the latter $500, if and in both cases the party must bo as recommended by six respectable taxpay- 1 re ers. wuisiue 01 incorpura:cu wjv*ii-< me in persons desiring license, files a petition > ir? with the Clerk of the Court, fifteen days of before Court, stating place, &c., where t>y he desires to retail liquor, with a recomhe inendution of six taxpayers of his neigh ?f borhooi, whereupon the Clerk po>ls a notice of ill the lactson the Court House e nt door. This petition and certificate is l(* placed before the Grand Jury at the next term of Court, who will in their prescnt,u uient recommend or roluse the license, I 'r* and fix the price, which shall be uniform * for all applicants. If the Grand Jury . recommend the license, then the Clerk |(W certifies the fact to the County Coniuiisa si mors who will issue a license, the price . of which, in case of spirituous and limit nf liquors shall not be less than for similar iw licenses in cities and towns, the party in such cases, giving similar bonds. The license shall o<* exposed to public view jr in the p'ace of sale. Furnishing liquor id- to a drunk person, a minor or insane " rsj person is made a misdemeanor, and d- punished by fine or imprisonment. Upon v- notice to the seller, a wife or relative may ?i also recover pay for property destroyed >?< by a drunken husband, and also for sup- " ? port of his family while ho is unable to u" provide for them by reason of his being drunk. A retailer is prima facie held ^ to be an alder and abetter of any riot "r which occurs in or near his place of business, and may be pro?ecuted as such, 10 until he can show that such persons crea- ting the riot did not beco nc intoxicated ? in his house. The price of a nuart license is fixed at [\ in fifty dollars, and the hill prohibits a drugx. gist or any other to sell bitters, except up?.mi iiiu piowiipiiun ui u jmv>ician, ui?,1 hss he first obtains a license, "the price < f lie which is fifty dollars. One-third of all c. fines under the act goes to the infumer, x- and the remainder to the Coun'y school a et fund. We cannot speak for the fate of ir- the bill, but if it parses, and is enforced lie there will be less drinking, fighting and *? rowing in most places, and the county p- taxes of the people will be greatly rcduccd. The bill has been made the special order for Monday next. , " Time to Unload." A Washington dispatch to the New York Herald says: "Perhaps the most significant speech u the President has ever made, of a politi>v cal nature, was addressed ast creniug to r i- some prominent Republicans who called J upon him at the White House. The President said: 'I begin "to think that J " it is time for the republican party to un10 load. There lias been too much dead k weight carried by it. The success of our * arms during the rebellion, and the confi- / t, dcnce that the Republican party was [ ; strong enough 'to bold up any burden, ,' have imposed all the disaffection in the o Gulf S'ates on the administration. I am ^ tired oft bis nonsense. Let Louisiana take < . care of her.-elf, as Texas will have to do. A 1S I don't want any quarrel about Mississif- lr r pi State matters to be referred to uie. B J i This nursing of monstrosities has near'y exhausted the life of the party Iain done v with them, and they will have to take care 'J of themselves." it j .1 News Ifeins. t Snow >ix inches deep in New York, ii I and travel inueh impeded. -I Gen. Sickles is on bts way home from ; ; Spain. Cushing not started yet. . [ L! j The liberal party has been completely | , | defeated in the English elections. Glnf stone will resign. I C : * . (.'aba is declared in a state ofseige and | i and its inhabitants arc under marshal j !; law. One in ten of the men from 20 to 1 45 are conscripted for active *erv ice. The | rebellion becomes more formidable every fK .' . i j ?The bodies the Siamese twins have | been sent to Philadelphia, where emi- C | nent surgeons will examine into the cause of death, and the true physical _ relation between them. 11 kTnd wok vs. ho Associated Reformed Presbyterian aaya?For ra Perry Davis' Pain-Kilter has been known as a it useful family medicine. For pains and aches know nothing so good as the Paia-Killer. For ny internal diseases It is equally good. We speak i? experience, and testify to what we know. No lify ought to be without a bottle of Davis' Painter. xsks. Pkiir-y Davis, A Sow. Pro*. r. I.?Gents thuughaslrauger to you 1 ain not to your inraluai medicine, Pain Killer. 1 formed Itsacqualnlance IJU7 and I am on most intimate terms with it still f experience iu its ii?', confirms my belief that :re is no medicine eqiul to Pain-Killer for the ick slid sure cure of summer Complaints, Sore iruat. Croup, Bruises, and Cuts. I have used it In and found a speedy cure in every case. Yours Truly, T, J. GARD1NI R, M. D. Judging by our own experience whoever once akes a trial of Perry Davis' Pain Killer, wiU not il to rccoinmcLd it widely as an unequalled llnient, and valnal>le internal remedy for cokls and irious other complaints.?Every iJonih. The eflieacr of Perry Davis* world renowned Pain lllcr In all diseases of the bowels, even in that tcrtile scourge the Asiatic choh ra, has been amply atsUd by the most convinoing authority. Missionries in China and India liave written home Iracwiulendation of this remedy iti termsUiat should oarry invictlnu to the most skeptical, while It* popularity i cownt mitles nearer borne is ample prtiof that the Irtucs elainied for it are rent and tangible. Among iniily medicines it stands uuriralied.?Bottow Ojutr. The Sn/vntay Ertrig (tazrJte of Boston, sayat It Is Irnpnslble to find a place on thls broad land rhore Perry Davis' Pain Killer is not known as a lost valuable remedy fur physical pain. In the ountrv. miles from physicians or apothecary, tho Xin Killer is cherished its the exclusive panacea, nd it never deceives. "Pkbry Davis' Paix-Kii.lek is really a valuable ledlcamenL and unlike moot ot Che articles of the ? i_ L? . he.iei iiw It ift narl inuWirl v ?* i ? UJOl UJ ?<?>i; I? .. - , , cslrablc In location* where physicians are not near, nd hy keeping it at hand, lamillfa will often aave lie necessity of sending out at midnight for a doc>r. A bottle should ba kept in every house."?liotm Traveller. "We have well tested the Palo-Killer, and assure nr readers that it not only possesses ail the virtuc? laiincd for It, but in many instances surpasses any ther remedy we luire ever known."?Herald of Cloiti Liberty. WM. KRESSEL HAS THE FINEST STOC K OF Liquors, Segars & Tobacco 15 BEAUFORT, ft. C .ANO A RERNHETMERS WHISKIES, HEN BY WALLACE A 00*8., OLD RYE, JOHN GIBSON'S OLD BOURBON, HOLLAND GIN, FRENCH ltHANDY, REST SCOTCH WHISKY. HAMPAGNK. OLD SHERRY A PORT, FINE BRANDS RHINE WINE. ALES IN BOTTLES AND ON DRAUGHT. "ROARS AT ALL PRICES. SMOKING AND CHEWING TORACCO, PIPES OF VARIOUS STYLES. AT KRESSEZi'S. rINE GROCERII-N, SUGAR CURED HAMS, FAMILY FLOUR. tOOTS AND SHOES, READY MADE CLOTHING, GENERAL DRY GOODS AT KRESSEL'S. PIERCE L. WIGGIN, IHOBIET AHS COUNSELOR AT LAW. Solicitor Second Circuit. Beaufort, S. C. Beptl-ly. ' JERRY SAVAGE & CO.r Wlieelwrights & Carpenters, Carta, Wagone and Carriages repaired in tbo best lanner at low price*. All kin da of jobbing promptly attended to. MAG-NOLIA St., BEAUFORT, S. C. J. K. Goethe, M. D. Dr. Goethe offers hla professional services to the ublic. He may be found at his residence, Game Hill, near Yarasrllle, Beaufort Co., S. C. jan.l-ly. A. S. HITCHCOCK, iTTORNEI Alffi COUNSELOR AT LAW, BOUNTY, PENSION AND CLAIM AGENT. BEAUFOHT, 8. C. Dec.I-yr. Alfred Williams, TRIAL JUSTICE, Crofutfs Building, BAY STREET, BEAUFORT, S. C. N. B.?Court will be held every Fridsy st Brick Ihurch, St. Helena Inland." mcii26-iy A. MARK, BOOTMAKER, Bay Street, Beaufort, S. C. Having opened a shop upon Pay Street, I am prea rod to do flrat-class work. mch20-ly A. MARK. PURE WATER Guaranteed by the use of the IMERICAfl DRIVEN WELL, Now being put down in this County. They are Tlioap and Dnratolo, nd give nnireraal satisfaction. Pare Water can be ltroduced into any bouse by the AMERICAN RIVEN WELL in a tew hours. Apply to M. L MAINE, Sea Island Hotal, or * E. d. NICHOLS, Permanent Agont. teb37-gm S. MAYO, BAY STREET, BEAUFORT, S. C., HARDWARE, iquors, Segars and Tobacco, Net Yarns, Fish Lines & Cordage, 3-lass, Paints and Oils, White Lead and Turpentine. 8pcclal attention given to mixing Paint*, and law cut to order of any alee. febll M. POLLITZER, Cotton Factor aju> Commission Merchant, BEAUFORT, 8. C. aepU ..11 . . . 39 (WITH LATK8T IJIPROVWUCNTS.) FOR 20 YEARS STANDARD OP EXCELLENCE. THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. If yon think of buying a Sewing Machine It will nay you to examine the records of those now In use and profit by experience. The Wheeler <k Wlleon atnnite alone Bathe only Light Running Machine, using the Rotary Hook, making a Lock Stitch, alike on both aides of the fabric sewed. All shuttle machines waste power lu drawing the shuttle back after the stitch is formed, bringing double wear and strain i upon l>oth machine and o|ierator, hence while other machines rapidly wear out, the Wheeler 4( Wilson lasts a lifetime, and proves an economical investment. Do not beliove all that is 'promised by the "Cheap" machines, you should require proof that years of use have tested their value. Money once thrown away cannot be recovered. Send for our circulars. Machines sold on easy terms, or monthly payment taken. Old machiues put In order or received In cxebange. WHEELER A WILSON MTO. CO.*3 OFFICES Savaunah, Augusta, Macon and ColumbuaOo. Columbia and Charleston, 8. C. W. B. CLKVES, Gen'l Ag't. Savannah, Go. a c.ood bargain. Forsale-a stationary en. gine, four (4) horse power?in jood order; Can be seen at my carpenter shop. J. BRODIE. Oth and Bay street. JOHN RICH & CO. general Slipping and Commission Merciiants. DEILERS IV YELLOW PISE TIMBER AID LUMBER, Hay Grain and Provisions. AGENTS FOR PORT ROYAL PACKET LINE. JOI1N Kirn I'orl Royal, S. C. C. II. IVBIGHT ... Ffimlnrt C. V. PAUL A WEBB AT HICKORY RILL AND BRUM'S Arc selling oil" their stock at OSEATLY SEDUCED PEICES To make room for a LA ROE SPRING STOCK. Merchants an.I Farm-m can b? stu pIN with a h'tt-r.u l e'l-ao-r ariio'.e than can ho wipphcil al any .-Jore b .ween Charleston aii'l Savannah at, WilULI^thE AND RETAIL. FARMERS fan save money tiv Imving th lr PLOUGHS, PLOUGH-LINKS, ItRlDLlH HARNESS, TRACECHAINS, It At K-1'A NDS and COLLARS of us. We havo just received a large supply of fresh GVjtvt.-cI.oxx Soods Of nil vari -liec. at toil Collin 1> *r po|icr. K, J. WU.KR is a .-cut f>r KfoNO PHOSPHATE and ?iil he clad to receive iir>I<*rs from Farmers. Price!; Sinno Phosphate *s< luble; cash 3-tn.lH). ? T ill'*, 1 ( "f >,..Veliilh:.-1>Vi.l)a. St'iiin Aei I PIimj.Ii. t.* for composting with cotton * c*i Ac., cash jii.iji. Time, 1st of Nofciiih *r,811.00. DOORS, SASHES AND BLINDS. Mon.niNos, brackets. stairFixtures, Builders' Vurnlshing i Hardware, Drain I'i'i*"*. Floor Tiles. Wire Guard*, T ir.i Colta Ware. Marble and Slatu I'lec.s. VIS'DOW GLASS A SPECIALTY. Circulars and Price LUtoacut free on application, t?y I I'. P. TO ALE, 1 20 Ilayiii! and 3.'! I'lnkney st?? Charleston. S. C. W.C.MORRISON Tin, Sheet-Iron, Lead, AN'U nooflnR Worltor. ' .Tubbing neatly and promptly done, and at low prices. Thankful fur pad patronage, look to the future. I.ivc and let live. W. C. MORRISON, Cor. C. A Gib Sts. J. E. McGregor, CARRIAGE MAKER. All kind* of repairing done with neat If .1. nes* ana uispaicn. Corner Now & Washington Sts. n K.\ FORT. Feed the Hungry The Largest Loaf OK BREAD. WM. HARRISON IS NOW BAKI NO 'lie Unrest leave- of the best bread I In the towir of Beautbrt. See what a com in it tee of council says. *ep?.25-3ino-. "wanted" TWENTY-FIVEHead FAT BEEVES and SHEEP. Wjfl take them at Port, Royal Ferry, dcc.l My, JAMES JENKINS, NEW SPBING G0Ui)8. ] Jas. C. BAILIE & 9R0., X*I RESPECTmLT ASK VOIR A'.'TK V Uoa to the following UKhtRAilLH dooi/.i <m ' I ft red by thorn for aale: s. ? KKGLUH AMD AMERICA* ELOOU OIL CLOTHS. 4 1 M feet wide, and of the beat quality V rn>l? *ajfl lectured. Do you want a ml 100.1 o 1 ci.. , gel o, come now and get the eery N-?t. 0 l?: Ii any alia and laid promptly. \ full o . 11 FLOOIt OIL CLOTHS, froiu OUe. a- >nr I uM f clothe all wldtha andcolor*. j ,15 carpets; * J 1 Bruaeeta, three-ply and ingralu Can"'' "I i"T S rtgnfc. Afull etock of low-pnce<l cni'i* .>'r a,'. * \ , # dat^ata mtaatned for, made and laid with itutM.oit. LAC8 CCKTAEX9. - * ] French Tambourd Lace, " Kxquiaitea." Nottingham Lace, M Beautiful." Tamboured Mnalln, dorabla and cheap, from M.60 a pair and upward*. maatnr* a am aaam. i Rosewood atid Gilt, Plain Gilt, Walnut and Ml 1 W ' Cornice*, with or without ceutrra. Curtalu Band*, Pin* and Loop*. Cornices cat and made to lit window* and pat ape WINDOW SHADES. 1,000 Window Shade* in all Ui* new tint* of color.' Beautiful Gold Band Shadea, $1.60, with *11 trim* lack Booattfnl Rhi^a Vic each Store Window Shade* any color and any tiaa. Window Shades squared and pot up paemptly. Walnut and painted wood Shade*. HUGS iXDOOOB HAT*. New and beautiful Bug*. Door Mats, from 00o.up to the baNSnglish Oecoe, that wear three year*. a 100 acta Table Mat*, aaaortad. MATTINGS. New Matting, Plain and Taney, in all the dUfautt widths mode. * Matting* laid with dispatch. WALL PAPCBIAXD BORDERS. 8,000 Roll* Wall Paper* and Borden In new pattern*, In gold, panel*, balL oak*, marbles, chinto *. Ac., in every variety of colors?bceutlful, good and cheap. Paper hung if desired. HAin CLOTHS In all width* required tor Uyholatering. Buttons, Glmpa and TUcka for same. CURTAIN DAMASKS. Plata and Striped French Terry* for Curtain* and Ophetatoring purpose*. Gimp*, Trlnife. Tassels, Loop* and Button*. MoraenranJ Table Dainaaks, Curtain* and Lambrequins mode and pot up. PIANO AND TABLE COVERS.. English Embroidered-Cloth and Piano TableCeveru Embowcd Felt Piano and Tab!# Cover*. Plain and gold band Flocked Piano Covtrt. German Fringed Table Covers. CRUMB CLOTHS AND DRUGGETS. , New pattern* In eny alae or width wanted. To all of which we ask yonr attention. All woek Aoiw well and-in season, by James 6. Bailie & Brothers, AUGUSTA, OA. >rM7-1v. H. M. Stuart, M. D., Corner of Bay and Eighth Streets, Beaufort, S. C. t>k*L>CB IV 0 DRUGS ASD C HEMIC A13, FA MIL Y ilEDICISES, FA.VOrAND TOILET ARTICLES, HTATIU, YfctfJ, I ft lit UMfjK I, B HUSHES, Sc., <ie., <tc. Togetbar with many othrr arti-les loo nnmtroua to mention. AU of which will ba sold at th? Un?e?? prico for cash. Physician* pramtript.oiis carWully uuipounded. f.b.th. ~W. H. CALVERT, TRICTICAL Tin, Sheet-Iron, Copper & Zinc Worker. DZALEIl rX f-ipnnn-fl and Stamp..! Tin W?r*?. Constantly on ujjtl, Cooking, I'jrlor am] Hni Store*. tcrjis CASH. Thankful for pant favor*, and lio|nui{ by strict at* Vntion to buaiucao in Ilia futitr* lo merit >our kind favor. W. H. CATaVKUT, Day St., bolittt'ii Slli ami tttii Six., IiJZA C'FORT, S. C. Apl.iWIy. CHARLESTON HOTEL, * CUABLESroy, s c | mcb'JMy _ E H. J ICKStJW William Gurney, COTTON FACTOR AMD Commission Merchant, NO. 102 EAST BAY AXX> NORTH ATLANTIC WHARF, CHARLESTON, 8. C. Particular attention given to th? mK- of and shipnest of Sea Inland ind Upland Cotton. I.tbrra# advances made ou consignment.. dr<t-ly i n n p\ r\ll" iiunn divv/uie.1 a 9 Contractor <fc House Builder, Jobbing Punctually Attended To. OFFICEr Corner Bay and Ninth Street, BEAUFORT, S. C. flecl M PORT ROYAL SAW St PLANING MILL, Ueaufort, S. C. D. C. WILSON & CO., WAjrorACTrirR* or and dkalku or Mot Fine Timber and Lumber, jttfd CYPRESS SHINGLES, AUK), Builders & Contractors. ? a ^aft. ^ ? Piaster L.aine?, ALL BIWD* OF JOB SAWINGPromptly Dom. Flooring and Ceiling Boardi Always on Hand. ArrT"" for r,pmtw end Timber by the cargopromptly filled. T^rme Ca?h. D. C. WILSON & CO. BOTM-ly DANIEL II. SILCOX. FUENITUEE WAEEEOOMS,. 193,177. 170 K1KG HTRKET. CHAIUiESTON. 0. ?? Where ran Hr fbund Urge and well. selected 1 Stork of uU khide and erad--* lo ?uit flip taatcs of all I An exam I nation I* nvpecMully inilldtrd. ! Mart-It 18-lyr FOR SALE, House and Lot_in Beaufort FOR PETUNIAEY REASONS THE SUBSCRIBER1 oflera tor air bb Hooar and rateable Lot la Beaufort. at a lo* figure, and on aecoaiaodaUag terra a, Apply al tM Obuti Houaa, or oa the prumlaM. H. G. JUDD. Beaufort, S. C., Sept IE 1173, wpt At . > /.* . j>j